Performance appraisal methods

annatran2005

Hi bro sis

I have a questions. How to measure performance of employee. What are best methods?

rgs

TXHRGuy

A lot depends on what the employees do.

 

A great way to measure performance for a manufacturer is how much stuff they make.

Harder to measure the performance of an IT consultant, depending on what your goals are, as a company, for your consultants.

 

No canned answer, I'm afraid.

ngohrvinet

Hi

Performance appraisal methods include 11 methods as follows:

1. Critical incident method

The critical incidents for performance appraisal is a method in which the
manager writes down positive and negative performance behavior of employees
throughout the performance period

2. Weighted checklist

This method describe a performance appraisal method where rater familiar
with the jobs being evaluated prepared a large list of descriptive statements
about effective and ineffective behavior on jobs

3. Paired comparison analysis

Paired comparison analysis is a good way of weighing up the relative
importance of options.

A range of plausible options is listed. Each option is compared against each of
the other options. The results are tallied and the option with the highest
score is the preferred option.

4. Graphic rating scales

The Rating Scale is a form on which the manager simply checks off the
employee’s level of performance.

This is the oldest and most widely method used for performance appraisal.

5. Essay Evaluation

This method asked managers / supervisors to describe strengths and
weaknesses of an employee’s behavior. Essay evaluation is a non-quantitative
technique

This method usually use with the graphic rating scale method.

6. Behaviorally anchored rating scales

This method used to describe a performance rating that focused on specific
behaviors or sets as indicators of effective or ineffective performance.

It is a combination of the rating scale and critical incident techniques of
employee performance evaluation.

7. Performance ranking method

Ranking is a performance appraisal method that is used to evaluate employee
performance from best to worst.

Manager will compare an employee to another employee, rather than comparing
each one to a standard measurement.

8. Management By Objectives (MBO)

MBO is a process in which managers / employees set objectives for the
employee, periodically evaluate the performance, and reward according to the
result.

MBO focuses attention on what must be accomplished (goals) rather than how it
is to be accomplished (methods)

9.Forced ranking (forced distribution)

Forced ranking is a method of performance appraisal to rank employee but in
order of forced distribution.

For example, the distribution requested with 10 or 20 percent in the top
category, 70 or 80 percent in the middle, and 10 percent in the bottom.

10. Behavioral Observation Scales

Behavioral Observation Scales is frequency rating of critical incidents that
worker has performed.

11. 360 degree performance appraisal

360 Degree Feedback is a system or process in which employees receive
confidential, anonymous feedback from the people who work around them.

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